Materials
| Hook | Eagle River Salmon, 2/0 to 8 (Any streamer hook with a turned up eye) |
|---|---|
| Thread | Unithread Flame Orange or Black |
| Tail | Polar Bear or Bucktail to match the body. Optional: Add a few fibers of Crystal Hair. |
| Cara Pace | Golden Pheasant tippet dyed Orange. |
| Body | Seal Fur or Wool. |
| Rib | Golden Oval Tinsel |
| Hackle | Webby, long, colour to match the body |
| Wing | Golden Pheasant or Ring Neck Pheasant Rump dyed to match the body. |
Notes
A long-standing steelhead pattern, fished in summer on a dry line with a long leader and a slimmer fly, especially on the Dean. In winter it is fished on sink tips or heads with a 3-4 foot leader, in a larger, bushier version with lots of movement.
Published in June 2008 (Vol 41 No 6), page 10.